After reading the chapter, I learn about that during an amount of time of writing process, teacher’s role and modeling writing show positive effects on the quality of students’ writing. As far as I can see, over the past 30 years, the definition and elements of the writing process have been reinterpreted. For now, “process writing” refers to a broad range of strategies that include pre-writing activities such as defining audience, using a variety of resources, planning the writing as well as drafting and revising, which is associated with higher average writing proficiency among students. In my opinion, the two key components of the teaching writing is prewriting and revising. By giving them time to write in class every single day our students can cultivate a habit of writing then they will know how to pick a topic, get started and revise step by step. The goal of revision instruction is to offer students an opportunity to improve their paper because revision has been understood not as a step in which the author corrects errors but as a process of discovering what one has to say and adapting the text to maximize the clarity of the message. What’s more, the research on the writing process is also important because it can offer a vocabulary for talking about the nature of writing.
As an educator, I’m looking forward to using those methods and instructions to guide students to find the art and soul of writing.
As an educator, I’m looking forward to using those methods and instructions to guide students to find the art and soul of writing.